Tunable prism for laser alignment and image stabilization

The tunable prism is a tunable wedge that allows to tilt two optically flat and AR coated glass windows with respect to each other. The two glass windows are held together by a bellow structure that is filled with a low dispersion clear optical fluid. The core element can be integrated with a large variety of actuation principles such as mechanical or motorized lead screws, voice-coil and piezo actuators. Cover glass coatings and fluids can be adapted on demand.

Applications

Applications for Optotune's TP-12-16 are among others:

• Intuitive beam-steering in transmission configuration

• Alignment between source and detector

• Laser range finder

• Image stabilization